This is a total fallacy when numerical computations are done.
They think that because it is "symbolic" that it is also exact. I've seen people blindly use such a mess of an expression, evaluating it in Fortran or MATLAB. Admittedly, its rather messy and lengthy, but can you really expect better?Įdit: I should comment that such a long extended formula may be dangerous in terms of computational accuracy. Text exceeds maximum line length of 25,000 characters for Command Window display.